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For all of you GOP "true believers"
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Nov 3, 2010 6:53 pm
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In the interest of fairness I will extend an offer to any and all "true believers" of the GOP promises that I have already made to a couple of other people commenting on my last post.
Here is the offer. I believe strongly enough that the Republicans will not deliver on all of their campaign promises...that means each and every Tea Party candidate and Republican candidate and each of their promises that they have expressed. In concert with my beliefs I am willing to put my money where my mouth is. Are any of you convinced otherwise?...and if so how strong are your convictions? If so we can wager $5,000 US dollars or multiples thereof on the outcome of the next two years. If any of the GOP and Tea Party promises, individually or collectively, are not upheld at any time in the next two years then you lose and I collect your $5,000 US dollars or multiples thereof . If all of these promises, individually and collectively are upheld at the end of two years you collect my 5,000 US dollars or multiples thereof.
The money would be held by a third party escrow agent and dispensed in accordance with the agreement.
The time for talk is over, let's see how firmly convinced you really are. O.K. are you up for that? It is time to man-up and quit the BS and get real for a change. I am looking forward to hearing from Sleekbeauty, 60minuteman, Rich1937, Theshirtlessguy or whatever name he uses at any given time, Alpha, Pinkpaws, Bigblock and any others that are firmly convinced of their party promises.
Speak up now...the lines are open.
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Many Americans say GOP will Disappoint
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Nov 3, 2010 12:14 pm
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I think that the next two years will be quite interesting. Obama may have gotten the best gift he could have hoped for last night.
The polling firm Rasmussen is out with a relatively shocking poll given the results of yesterday's election. Here's the gist:
Hold the celebration. Most voters expected Republicans to win control of the House of Representatives on Election Day, but nearly as many expect to be disappointed with how they perform by the time the 2012 elections roll around.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds, in fact, that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is at least somewhat likely that most voters will be disappointed with Republicans in Congress before the next national elections. That includes 38% who say it is Very Likely.
And before you question whether Rasmussen has a Democratic bias, note Nate Silver's observation about their election polls: "While waiting for the remaining results to trickle in from states like Colorado and Alaska, I did a quick check on the accuracy of polls from the firm Rasmussen Reports, which came under heavy criticism this year — including from FiveThirtyEight — because its polls showed a strong lean toward Republican candidates.
Indeed, Rasmussen polls quite consistently turned out to overstate the standing of Republicans tonight. Of the roughly 100 polls released by Rasmussen or its subsidiary Pulse Opinion Research in the final 21 days of the campaign, roughly 70 to 75 percent overestimated the performance of Republican candidates, and on average they were biased against Democrats by 3 to 4 points.
Congressional Republicans in late September issued a Pledge to America that promised to cut taxes, reduce government spending and end the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. But voters by a 50% to 32% margin view the Pledge as a campaign gimmick rather than a serious policy document.
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How sweet it is
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Nov 3, 2010 12:03 am
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I am heartened by this evenings election results. While Boehner offered a combative tone to the President, Boehner would be well served to recognize the jeopardy of his party's position. This was not a victory based upon acceptance of Republican philosophy so much as a referendum based in the disgust of the American people with the present economic situation. And that my friends was started by Geo W Bush.
As I had predicted months ago the Hispanic voters are a force to be reckoned. They have been largely alienated by the Republicans and we intend to not let them forget the manner in which Republicans view them. In this election they produced victories for Boxer and Reid. Their votes led to the defeat of Whitman. It is nice to see our efforts in directing our message to the Hispanic communities bearing fruit. We plan to amplify our efforts in the Hispanic and Black communities the next two years.
The Tea Party cost the Republicans several races. Among those are Nevada, Delaware, and California.
Most importantly, while looking forward, the Republicans made many promises in the run-up to this election. Promises that they are going to be hard put to accomplish. Among those is repeal of the Health Care Reform. That is highly unlikely to happen. Next the rubber finally meets the road on what they propose to do to cut spending and reduce the national debt. No longer will they be able to speak in vague generalities. No longer will the Republicans be able to sit back and play obstructionist politics. They are going to have to co-govern and thus bring their own programs and initiatives to public awareness...they can no longer run from the American people and the press.
They are going to face the matter of the national debt ceiling in the next year. Do they stay with their word and allow the United States to go into default for the first time in history...or do they admit to the American people that they were only joking when they made the promises about reducing the national debt and raise the national debt ceiling? Will Rand Paul filibuster raising the debt ceiling as he has promised to do?
They are going to find it extremely difficult to maintain current federal revenues while reducing expenditures and try to grow the economy and reduce unemployment at the same time. That contortion will be most interesting to watch.
All in all this is the best of seasons. I promise this, and I encourage the conservatives to make note of this, we are going to hang everyone of their failed promises on their doorstep and this could very well be the best chance for a President Obama second term.
In the final analysis the rhetoric and the reality are going to take widely divergent paths for our Republican friends. I look forward to January and the next two years.
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